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Harrison Birtwistle

Sir Harrison Birtwistle started taking clarinet lessons like a youngsters and was composing by age group 11. In 1952 he received a scholarship towards the Royal Manchester University of Music, where he analyzed with Richard Hall. There he experienced several like-minded young music artists — Peter Maxwell Davies, Alexander Goehr, …

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